The fund administration sector faces multiple challenges and opportunities. Regulation is ramping up governance, but also acting as a catalyst for product development, outsourcing and, seemingly, merger activity. Increasingly, fund sponsors are seeing the administrator as an integral part of the supply chain – and are looking for more value added, over and above core transfer agency and administrative functions – while growth in asset allocation to alternative investments is also a key driver behind outsourcing and acquisitions.

In this article, from the April 2014 edition of our Executive briefing, we interview a range of service providers to learn the current state of play in the fund administration market and to identify the likely impact of regulatory and commercial pressures on the market.

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The fund administration sector faces multiple challenges and opportunities. Regulation is ramping up governance, but also acting as a catalyst for product development, outsourcing and, seemingly, merger activity. Increasingly, fund sponsors are seeing the administrator as an integral part of the supply chain – and are looking for more value added, over and above core transfer agency and administrative functions – while growth in asset allocation to alternative investments is also a key driver behind outsourcing and acquisitions.

In this article, from the April 2014 edition of our Executive briefing, we interview a range of service providers to learn the current state of play in the fund administration market and to identify the likely impact of regulatory and commercial pressures on the market.